House Conservatives Gird for Next Budget Battles

By

Patrick O'Connor

Updated Oct. 17, 2013 9:41 a.m. ET

WASHINGTON—The mood was decidedly glum Wednesday when a handful of House conservatives gathered in a congressional office building to eat Chick-fil-A and assess what three weeks of fighting had wrought.

Across the Capitol, Senate leaders were announcing a deal to reopen the government and extend the country's borrowing authority, an agreement the House approved later in the night. But the eight Republicans were looking ahead to the...